Jane Elliott's Argument Analysis: The Blue Eyed Experiment

A Class Divided by Jane Elliot This documentary film covers an experiment conducted by Jane Elliot in her third grade class in 1970. The film is actually a follow-up conducted in 1985 with the students, who are now adults responding to their actions in 1970. This film is directed by William Peters and offers Jane Elliot and her students an opportunity to watch the original experiment and air their views on the same. The overall goal of this film is to explicate how a simple experiment can help children as well as adults understand racism. This film is highly successful in achieving its purpose as is heard from the sentiments expressed by Jane Elliot’s students while discussing the impact the film has had on their lives.

The perception of being bullied and having a cultural disadvantaged giving him the awareness of being ashamed for being different. Roger was surprised when he walked into Dorothy Bean’s classroom when he was 12 years old. It is made clear that she is Wilkins favorite teacher with her ability to look beyond race and to the student is well exemplified as Wilkins illustrates how after having read the first assignment, she asked Wilkins the first question. Establishing the fact that

Anniston Tipps Acc. English 10 Mr. VanDyke 29 March 2018 The Banning of Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan Lois Duncan, the author of Killing Mr. Griffin, got the idea to write this book because she wondered what might happen if a psychopathic teenager was placed in a school setting. Mr. Griffin is a character based off of one of Duncan’s daughter’s teachers. Mark Kinney is based off of her daughter’s boyfriend. She based these main characters off of people she had known to provide her a better connection when writing.

According to the National Household Survey on drug use and health services, 74.3% of high school students have tried alcohol because of peer pressure (www.familyfirstaid.org). Ray Bradbury's short story, ''All Summer in a Day" shows how Margot is a victim of peer pressure because of the other students incapability to stand up for her because of a bully. Therefor, by learning how peer pressure works, you figure out how peer pressure could influence you and how it could be used for acceptable and unacceptable causes. Generally speaking, the other students in the story are influenced by William because of their fear of being left out, and his vocal authority. The other students are also somewhat feeling peer pressure as well because they don't want to be left out.

in the article 5 characteristics of grit, The author Margaret M Perlis talks about the five characteristics of grit. in the article the intended audience could be people interested on building their grit . The author 's primary purpose was to inform us how to build great.they have research for several months to try to find out what makes people different based on their success .they found out there’s five characteristics of great.the first characteristic of grit yes courage.the main reason why courage is a huge characteristic in grit is because it’s the ability to manage fear and failure.many people have liked on coverage based on their parents thought reason being because parents tend to remove the kids from any type of competition so they’re not used to failing .Another correct the rest thick of grit is the achievement oriented individually Santana 2 Achievement oriented individual is someone who always tries to do a good job, and works tirelessly. The reason why it builds grit is because people tend to just not show up to practice but make something out of it that another one is Setting long-term goals and to follow through them.the reason being is because people need to work for a goal.all the practice and time need to have a purpose.which will motivate people to keep on fighting until they accomplish their goal.another character

Marta Salinas’ realistic fiction story “The scholarship Jacket”, takes place at a small school in Texas. Martha, a straight A plus student, was finally in 8th grade, her year to receive the valedictorian jacket. There are many troubles leading up to Martha receiving the jacket, such as the teachers changing the policy to make her pay $15. This changed the meaning of the jacket because it was no longer a reward. Marta Salinas created the theme that hard work pays off, she displays this theme by showing how Martha feels with point of view, and foreshadowing.

They face these obstacles by the support of their family and friends like for example I personally saw in my school there was a girl in my class who got blind in class four and wasted two years of her life hoping she would get better which was great obstacles faced by her and her family, even though her eyes were not cured she had this passion for studying so she again enrolled in my school and started to study again and there were lot obstacles faced by her and her family but still she came through as for she was talented and she never lost her faith and studied hardly and thus eliminating her one of her many obstacles. Well in my view also these people are special and we should not look at them with sympathy but treat them as a normal being and also help them in facing their obstacles. We should not socially exclude the disabled people. If Beethoven had given up earlier would we have been able to hear his ninth symphony, he also didn’t hear his ninth symphony as he was deaf but still he gave this world a beautiful piece of music, he

As I was searching for colleges my mom and I were talking because I had known that I wanted to go a little further for school because I need some place to transition for myself. The places I had chosen scared my mom because she would hear on the news that something bad had happened to a transgender person in that state. So I was having a really hard time finding a school. So what I decided to do some research into schools that are LBTGQI+ friendly which and I come upon UW Milwaukee while I was searching. This discovered made me really happy because it was something that was not to far from where my family is but also gave me that distance so I would be able to grow.

But my parent say if we don 't try then we don 't know so I choose to go there. My friends show negativity bias when they said that life as a matriculation student is challenging and difficult even before they try to study there. Negativity bias or negativity effect is the tendency to pay extra attention to negative information. The matriculation was great, the people are amazing and the atmosphere and facilities was excellent. I was a PDT science student which were two years science program.

Growing up in a traditional Asian household where topics such as anxiety and depression are considered taboo, talking about my mental health with an actual Asian mother was alleviated the stress of my future. Her passing during my second year of college, though made me very sad, was a wake-up call to not to continue to be unhappy. I should not be living unsatisfied and unmotivated each day. After her funeral, I began to work harder in school and in life; I got my first job, I made several connections, and I got on the Dean’s List. Sometimes I think I’m working so hard for Ms. Tong but it is me working hard for myself, and that is the self-motivation that Ms. Tong has taught